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Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)

Likelihood of Confusion

I owe this essay to everyone who believed in creating a dream, and helped build his or her own company into the company we almost were. The following is truthful. The post Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2) appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Monday Miscellany

The IPKat

The heat will not stop the IPKat from monitoring the most interesting updates, IP events and opportunities out there! Some of them are right around the corner in this hot August. " cat " by gney is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. On August 11, 2022 , from 7:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (CDT), UIC Law is partnering with WIPO ADR and the IP Office of Singapore to organise a conference titled " Thinking Internationally about IP and Dispute Resolution: what every lawyer & corporate counsel should know.

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Book Bans Should Remind Library Groups that Authors’ Rights Matter

The Illusion of More

If I believed in Hell and a “special place” reserved for certain villains, I would say that one of those suites in the stygian underworld is the destiny of all book burners. And lately, it seems that room is getting overcrowded. According to a recent story in The Guardian, “the ALA has been tracking bans […]. The post Book Bans Should Remind Library Groups that Authors’ Rights Matter appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Never too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

It's time to relax and briefly recap last week's posts on IPKat! The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found Denmark in breach of its obligations under Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012 by failing to prohibit the use of the Greek PDO "Feta" on cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export outside the EU (Case C-159/20), and our GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko has written a related post on the subject!

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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USPTO Updates – Aug. 2022

LexBlog IP

Commencing August 1, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is modernizing the patent and trademark assignment request process because, going forward, users will submit requests virtually using the Electronic Patent Assignment System ( USPTO. EPAS ) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System ( USPTO. ETAS ). According to the USPTO, it is also streamlining the process for following new assignments, obtaining information on pending assignments, questions on assignments, liens on patent

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Major WDTX change side-lines Albright; 101 legislation imminent; Seven-year Qualcomm and Samsung patent deal; ResMed’s IP secrets; Diversity at Meta; plus much more

IAM Magazine

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

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Major WDTX change side-lines Albright; 101 legislation imminent; Seven-year Qualcomm and Samsung patent deal; ResMed’s IP secrets; Diversity at Meta; plus much more

IAM Magazine

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

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USPTO Updates – Aug. 2022

Above the Fold

Commencing August 1, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is modernizing the patent and trademark assignment request process because, going forward, users will submit requests virtually using the Electronic Patent Assignment System ( USPTO. EPAS ) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System ( USPTO. ETAS ). According to the USPTO, it is also streamlining the process for following new assignments, obtaining information on pending assignments, questions on assignments, liens on patent

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“You Wouldn’t Steal…” Research Shows Why Many Anti-Piracy Messages Fail

TorrentFreak

Over the past decades, the entertainment industries have tried out numerous anti-piracy messages. One of the most iconic videos is without doubt the “ You Wouldn’t Steal a Car ” campaign, which proved to be a fertile breeding ground for memes, satire, and ridicule. The ‘You Wouldn’t’ video is an extreme example but anti-piracy messages on the whole often miss the mark.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

Patently-O

Recent Headlines in the IP World: David Phelan: Apple Just Revealed An Amazing iPhone Upgrade In New Patent Application (Source: Forbes). Michael Lee: Canada Urged to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver (Source: CTV News). Blake Brittain: Apple, Koss Settle Wireless-Headphone Patent Fight Before Trial (Source: Reuters). Ben Lovejoy: Apple Ericsson Patent Battle Intensifies with a Legal First for the Cupertino Company (Source: 9to5 Mac).

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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IP tax strategies come under fire from US senators

IAM Magazine

Legislators put pharma companies under the microscope and blame a law signed by President Trump in 2017 for patent-based payment mitigation

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Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 8 (Editorial Transparency)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

* NY Assembly Bill A7865A. A dangerous new mandatory editorial transparency law to supplement Florida and Texas. Definition of “Hateful conduct” means “the use of a social media network to vilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.” The “incite violence” piece might survive Brandenburg

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IP tax strategies come under fire from US senators

IAM Magazine

Legislators put pharma companies under the microscope and blame a law signed by President Trump in 2017 for patent-based payment mitigation

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